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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12
Administering the Chicken Oath.

George Sam, the laUndrynan who recently
took unto himself an American wife, APP
peared IS Sang Lees friend and counselor,
and when he sew Hops confusion insisted
that the rooster be killed. Judge Hutchins
gracefully descended from his previous de
cision, AID decided that il the court got the
carcass Of the chicken the oath might be i'd
Eliniscered il that way When Hop heard
this has knees began to shake and he glanced
secured to catch the blood, aSd sang Leo
whipped It butcher knife from his boot leg
Before the decepitat!on of the fowl it Is Gus
tou2ry to read an oath 10 the witness Sang
had one prepared, and il u sing song voice
Ike the fling If saw, he read the document.
The other Cinnamon put their fingers in their
cars SO rs no. to hear the words Hop kept
mU,terinc to himself and when Sang finished
reading said: Ne no takee money Sang
1t p match, and, applying it to the paper
oath, allowed il 10 be consumed. George
Sam remarked 20 a reporter as he pointed
to the paper: Him 50 10 heaven now. If
Hop Lung no tellee truth him die in sixty
DAYS But Hop was not 70 Je caught When
the chicBer WIS brought forward he refused
to Kill it. and reiterated his statement thar he
was innocent. sam Lee was perfectly Wiling
to cut the ROSTERS head of. but he was not
allowed to do So This Is the most intricate
case l ever tried, said Judge Eutchias il
his summing W OF the evidence. -C!evl.and
Leader
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12
DELIGHTFUL LIFE IN ALASKA.
The Brief Nights of Summer and the Al
,,os+ Endless Nights of Winter

most Endless Nights of Winter.
The stagnation OF life in Alaska is almost
inconceiyable. The summer tourist can
hardly realize II because he brings to the set.
tIemert the only variety it knows and this
comes so seldou1-once or twice month
fiat the population arises as man and re-
ioices so long as the steamer is in port. Please
to picture this people after the excitement IS
over, srlbsiding into a coUlatose state and re-
manning in it until the next boat heaves in
sight. One feels ones self mechanically;
takes ones constitutional along the shore or
over one Of the goat paths that strike inland,
holding now and again to the familiar faces
that seem never to change in expression-e1-
cspt during tourists hours-and then repairs
TO that bed which is the salvation OF the soil
tarv, for sleep and oblivion are the good
angels that brood over it.
In summer the brief night-barely forty
winks in lengths so silvery and soft that il
is a delight 10 sit up in it even if one IS quite
alone. Lights and shadows play with one
another and are reflected in sea and sky until
the eve IS almost dazZled with the singular
loveIiness OF the scene l believe il l were
banished TO Alaska l would sleep in the day
time. say from 4. N. 70 ) p. n, and revel
in the wakeful beauty Of the other hours.
But the winter, and the endless night of
winter! When the sun sets in discourage
ment at or o'clock in the afternoon, and
rises with q faint heart and pale face at 10
or II in the forenoon; when even high noon
is unworthy Of the name, for the dull luni-
nary having barely got above the fence at y
O'Clock backs out of it and sinks again into
the blackness of darkness which it is destined
to endure for at least two-thirds of the four
and twenty. Since the moon Is no more
obIging to the Alaskans than the sun is. what
is q poor fellow to do! He can watch the
aurora until his eyes ache; he can sit over
game Of cards and glass of toddy-you can
always get the latter up there; he can trim
his lamp and chat with his chums and fill his
pipe over and over again; but the night
meanwhile thickens and the time begins TO
lag; he looks at his watch TO find it is only 9
p. NJ. and there are twelve hours between
him and Lght.-Alaska Cor. San Fran
cisco CnrOni.le
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12
4 Friendly Warning.

Lieutenant would Ike ve-y much 70
have leave Il absence for three layz
CoIoaci--C55 ing CT 4 Picuict
-Tes. colonel. We are going - have li;tie
fishing IaTty cut u tEa 7sCods.
-Cfolng 20 be ladlEs IN tie party.
Yes, colonel, grl..s I number q yozl-s5 Ia
ladies VII t-e IN the paTty
-Yosl can 70, and / hope you I'll g ~
yo1r-.sif. tzlt for baaTsn's SAKE, EczgIg H.
Be- careful L was on Just sch at l2-.os -.
pic-l- Jla: I czsZss - D -5j-lei ~ By IL !
Ia-:v i. there - 1.,ez-es.lis Blzct.-v.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12

Cylzdrlcal baskets vsth tore &C eo1Tga-
iszlt receT tlzs For =as.1,s collar, cs1ars ard
bz1dkercblets. They ray b. eoFe-ot nth
satesz1 Teile-l with Tczsain c. net, @ =ith
frdis q s-t.efl t-orslersv3 =IFh bad CT LACE
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12

Tae text book On hygiene suthoEizei By
the Connecticut legislature last winter : 70
b. prepared By Tire state board Of education.
and VIII be ready for the public schools abou:
Jan I-CLlcaso Times
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12

Fr.2cc C1fl. Of Sweden, L such 4 beauty
tia: kls pl45.oEraE.h : fc1-ad On eTe.y IS..e.
srti1-e sAsa-d - Stockholm wo-as2.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12
A LOST CONTINENT.
THE EVIDENCE THAT 1T WAS IN
QUILTED BY THE PACIFIC.
Some Startling Revelations of Modern
Science-Curious Facts Which Have
Bearing on the 0uestion-Two Appall-
ing Alternatives Presented.

Little as we know of the prehistoric adven-
lures of the Atlantic ocean and the countries
which border il, We know still less OF the Pa
citic and It's antecedents. Reasoning upon the
date OF the earthquakes OF 1854 and 1868, Pro
fessors Barrie and Hochstettsr reckoned the
average depth Of that ocean to be from 100
to 2400 fathoms The Tuscarora, which
trayersed the Pacific from California to ia
pan via the Sandwich islands, taking sound
in-s on the way-with 81 view 10 the laying
OF an ocean cable-found an average depth OF
about , 200 fatkonls, with depresslons Of 3,0vO
fstloIns The Challenger in the South Ia
ciic found an average depth OF about 2,oOo
fathoTus; also with deep spots reaching occa-
s.aaally 8 so fatAoms. But in the northern
Pacific very different state OF things Is
found. In Bchring sea II is an exception TO
find depth of 100 fathoms; twenty five
thirty, forty and fifty fathous are the rule.
Round the fur seal islanCis-SSt. Paul and St
George-bottom IS reached al twenty-five
thirty. forty and fifty fathoms; in the center
OF Behring straits the depth marked on the
coast survey charts is twenty fathoms.
Again. at the south the average depth of the
ocean between Chill and New Zealand Is
known to be about l. 800 fathoms. Thus, so
far as We know-and that Is precious little
the basin OF the Pacific is circular bowl
about $500 fathonls deep Ill the deepest part,
with q well defined rim On the western, north
ern and eastern sides, and with lnnumerable
islands cropping up all over. like the peaks OF
the mountains OF submerged continent. On
the southern side the rim is broken off and
the bowl merges into the Antarctic ocean.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12

Gsa Lpp.tt rs5rei ot-cial 81 v asi.sEy
:Oa, aged =. t2noss (; every party 10
sttc.stS
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12

Nearly GO 90 tors Of ics were stipvrd from
Maine during tie Iazs year
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12
FOR SAIE.

Improved and Unimproved City Property
on the best improved streets in the city
lots on the inside on street car lines and IN
outside additions Suburban lots on the east
side in Maple Grove addition.
Business lots and business blocks for sale
at special bargains. Several fine tracts near
the city for sub-dividing and plating.
Improved farms and grass lands IN all
parts of the county; also ranches in this and
adjoining counties
All parties wishing to buy would do well
to call and examine my list before buying
elsewhere
w. A. THOMAS,
The Oldest Real estrte 8geaog 10 Wichita.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12
9ailY = Eagle
r. r. TIME TABLES.
Denver, Memphis & Atlantic.

Trains Nos anu daily. Train ) 0. : Hili "at
AT Tnrbn uatil Train 80 arrives Trains Wa stop
I al stati1n~ ,.s--.,,.>--.o
D. J. THATES, "a -. .; = 80, g
Chief En iaeer and Cien'l Mnsr. IRAN Master
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12
w. NJ. JOHNSON

oree Anf residence corner Of t,h sad Douglas ayes
hacker & JacasDr's building icEit1.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12

HomosSp.thtsl- General pTsctioe chronic diseases.
asaa i<eas@- Of females. Telephone Nc. rs
Orce and residence over Steel & sous kSrS.
sse-e, II. Main street, Wichita. kan
Ofau- hoVrs 6 TO 10 g. n TO; n n, and az night
dSrS
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12

EAST BOUND TRAINS.
Tr.l N Vie 800 d. ii- ~
Train arrives from the east $40 a. m ana ~ pm
WFsT BOUND.
..- 80 d. N. and p.
Train :
Train arrives, $40 a. n ana -" = III
wichita & Colorado.
g., ,,,-o- -,,r F4rt.btusop g.i5 m and 80 pm
Trin arrives from Hutchinson. sa am ana 10 pm
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12
9. NJ. RlRREE 81. Z

s-,scialtfe< Diseases u TIE Eye. Ear Nose and
Throat Catsr-h and r-Tiuy EiaSSs- oss southwest
co-nsr Dp'Ies sni Market up stairs. Wichita, kaes
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12
Grand Clearing Sale ! !
Mrs. NJ. KLENTZ

VIII sell Until all are scid. Fats from 70 s worth
rISs-, the money gand knit al Wool ho-ots, -
and SIC, A full lire OF CioSks. Underwear. CoTSets
Rl1<tIe. handkerchief Gfov-~> Ostrich Feathers
T:irsis Wings RIBBONS Vvfvets- Pushes. Ast-s
chans. Ladies come early 70 secure osrssins
Il hLESTZ
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12

Veterinary Surgeon graduate 1T Pl..,l.0ipt5a '-
s-f l..~. .Jl',.-- z TrIr-.-t st -.aE- -H1r.
,gp-S.-,- 81. = g. nli'a-- -. u faep-a-- .5- sf
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12

GEO F EWART.

Electrician. -. 8, DoG-l5s ave Up stairs Every
.'ri-as .,. lance =...i~et EIrt or size. zine
ra.g-.l ea--,vi.- 1a s.- .. -I'-- Huj -JlGs ti-n
ra.7 iItr1-5 TOR ..r. ur, lrc r-seHt 5am-- ARA
uS u--~; 'ul nleys wi-S~, g-s. Ei-crlc bells a-i
.trt.,tIs.-IlCrr~.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12

Oftice. Pttrt1S hic>S. '>Dr- Daus.s and-NarSeE tE
r-sT.. 8, 81 ~ .lexa-.- Que h1Grs u =
and 70 . re<iisuce SIS Topeka ave " !cnlsA
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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12

Architect, anu superintendent. once IN Boys
hi -c4,. Wichita Kan
=. :. PHOUDFoJr {. y. BiEo
PROUDFOOT & BIRD.
Architects ami Slf,e-intenGcnts. O-5ce in Esgi-
ulOJE.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12
PHYSICIANS.
/ r. FOROiCE


physi,Is1 and surgeon. Os7oe. Gaiu street.. oTei
aIirch Fro~a'> drl; store, rooms = ana - :, -
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12
Dr. /. /. ANDREWS,
6 { HAMILTON NJ D.

Specialist il diseases OF and thro5t eihce
Temple blo-k. up stairs No. = l.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-06-03
mgD0LlNa HUSBANDS.
an Interesting Conversation Between
Two Charming Young 1atrOns.

An Interesting Conversation Between
Two Charming Young MatrOns.
They were two young matrons, and as
the Chicago Journal stroller sat in the
suburban car they occupied the seat di-
rectly III frontwof him. 'sWell," said the
elder, the directness of whose glance and
good facial angle betokened great prompt
ness in arriving at conclusions, tit is per-
fectly certain that if a man tends to his
own business and makes a success of it
he will have no time left to attend to his
wife's affairs. Hen-hussies are made out
of business nonentities." ''And doesn't
your husband do the marketing2' querIed
4 the matron with the fair crimps and deli
! cate features. "Good graciousi no. Why
should hea He himself confesses he
doesn't know hen from duck when the
feathers are of - tEWelI," said the. other
matron, after meditatiye pause, "any-
how, I would always rather Charlie
would undertake to queu those horrld
rows in the kitchen. Pm afraid of them.
4 but he just listens in silence till they get
out of breath spluttering a demand for
more money and less work; then he waves
his hand males ically and says: 4 don't
! know any thing about what you want
Get back into your Kitchen And they go.
They never open their lips again to him.
Really, don't you think there is some
thing grand in the way men just walk
away, or to walk around? Yet after
all, l wish Charlie wouldn't--here the
little lady hesitated-''wouldn't act as if
he thought that-that-becaus it's my
first baby I didn't know how to take care
of it. He never interfered SO about any
thing before. But now when he is starting
/ of IN the morning he begins; 4 wouldn't
take baby out if it turns cold; and don't
+ put that wool vail over her eyes again; and
you had better try the water the bath
tub before you put her in and so on, and
so ON eyes, I know" rejOined the elder
lady, philosophically; ''they all do just so
till the novelty wears off. To hear the
rooster crow, one would think it was he
who was doing the incubating
stood it as long as 1 could with Harold,
but one day when he was struggling into
his overcoat, and leaving mum berless
charges about baby's food, and fiannels,
and medicine, and wrappings, L said very
sweetly and dutfullY: You may rest
easy, dear, while you are down town at
your business. ! will take just as good
care of baby as though she were my own
child Your own chidr he replied gasp
ingly. He looked at me a m oment; then
he saw the point. He kissed me goodbye
in silence, and went off, but he has never
since rendered me any gratuitOus advice
on that subject"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-06-03
NEWS FOR THE AsToRs.
An Arlzansaw Idea of the Way i'm Vhicl
New York NabObs Live.

An Arkansaw Idea of the Way i'm Which
New York NabObs Live.
The rural idea of the manner in
which the Astors and Vanderbilts live
is amusing, and will doubtless be high
ly fattering to the persons named. a
man travelling ''dOwn in Arkansaw,"
heard two old women talking before a
cabin door. One of them, with clay
pipe between her lips, said:
1T do beat all how some folkses has
ev'rything mortal body could asst fer,
while others, like you an me, Mis-
Peterby, is poOrer'n Jobs turkey all
the born days of our lives. Now,
you've heern tell of them Van derbilts
an Astors there in New York, amt
you?"
"Duno but hev," said ''Mis Peter
by"
well, I've lately heern some things
bout how they carry on. My man he
got it straight from Zimri Perkins, an
Tim he got it from his wife mothers
uncle's ne1vy, who takes a paper
printed in New York, so it must be
true"
Il amt doubt of it
"Well, if you'll b'leeve me, old Mis-
Vanderbilt don't purtend to even wash
her own dishes. She don't even make
her own bed-her nor Mis- AstOr
neither, and they both sleep in pink
velvet night gOwnds trimmed in lace
at thousand dollars yard, and en-
broidered in diamonds that cost
millions on millions.
The good land!'
yes, sir! An Mis- Astor's bed-stid is
Solid gold with dammit knobs on it big
as goose eggs, an ev'ry time she goes
out she has twenty eoal-blaek horses
hitched to her solid gold charyot, and
she stands up in it dressed all in white
satin with her hair hangin' down her
back, a-throwin' twenty-dollar gold
pieces to the beggars.
"Naw?n
Deed an it's true-ev'ry word of it.
And when Mr.. and Mis- Vanderbilt goes
out they have their carriage drawed
by forty milk-white steeds with a coal
black niger with a dammit ring in his
nose, leading ev'ry horse; and Wander
bilt he lays back on his velvet cushions
smokln' pipe that cost a clean bill
lion"
You don't mean it.
Il do that Oh, tell you it's fine
thing to be rich, Mis- Peterby; an l
reckon alike as not you an med carry
on jest like that, if we only had the
means to do it with. -
Like enuff, like enuff-anyhow,
know I'd have me a good green an
red bingham gown, an all the salt
mack rel l could eat, for once.
''An' I'd git me some ginyuine Scotch
snuff, an some red-glass year-bobs, l
would. It'd Bits.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-06-03

which rises from below. The vapors
issuing from the various sOlfataras, the
dazzling whiteness of the cone, and the
blue sky above produced a scene of
wonderful beauty. Wishing to
learn how the sulphur is OBJ
tanned. I walked on the lip of
the crater to the opposite side, and there
by means of a clumsy hosting machine
descended several hundred feet to
level where a number of Indians were
at work. The air was filled with pois-
Onous vapors so dense that it seemed
impossible for a human being to re-
main in the place. Numerous small
holes and creyices could be seen in the
bottom of the abyss, from which the
deadly vapors issued with considerable
force. Around each opening a large
quantity of sulphur is deposited each
day, and forms the mine from which
the valuable mineral is obtained. The
supply seems to be inexhaustible. for,
no matter how much is gathered dur
ing the day, enough win be deposited
the following night to more than make
up for what has been taken. After
being gathered, the crude sulphur is
carried to the top of the crater and
then shot down slide over the ice for
distance of two or three thousand
feet A small sublimating works is sit
uated near the snow line, and there the
raw material is put into marketable
shape and sent to different parts of the
country. The poor wretches who work
in the crater stay up there about two
weeks at a time, and then are sent to
a lower altitude, where they remain for
perhaps three weeks.
After being on the summit for an
hour, began to feel strange, dizzy
sensation, and realized the necessity Of
returning at once to the valley below
Taking one last look at the crater, and
the panorama which was spread on
every side, began the descent. The
glacier, which had been 50 hard to as
cend, proved to be a capital sliding
place in coming down, while the loose
ashes made the softest kind of cushion
to run and leap upon. The path
through the forest and across the fields
was as dusty as ever, and it was only
after loug and tiresOme tramp that
finally arrived at Amecameca several
hours after sunset. Thus the trip, al
| though it had its little drawbacks, was
most successful, and once more my ex-
! chequer, which was not in the most
| flourishing condition, was saved from
| ruin. MeTicO Cor. Chicago Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-06-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
The farmers homes are the safe
guard of our nation.

The farmers homes are the safe
guard of our nation.
1t is the carelessly-kept wire fences
that stock injure themselves on.
"A few years of sheep pasturing
will clean off the weeds from almost
any land.
Ducks can be known from brakes
by the sound quack, quack, but brakes
make only a reedy or wheeling noise
as if suffering from bad cold-and
never say quack. Poultry
Journal.
Ham Gems.-To one part of ham,
fried or boiled, add two parts of bread
crumbs wet with milk, put the batter
into gem pans and break over each one
egg; sprinkle the top with cracker
crumbs and bake brown. - Boston
Budget.
Breakfast Cake.-Two eggs, two
cups of sugar. two dessert-spoonfuls of
butter; beat we'll; add one cup of
sweet milk, four teaspoonfuls cream
tartar and two teaspoonfuls soda mixed
with five cups of -four, and little salt.
Our Country Home.
A French analysis goes to prove
that the lower part of sorghum stalks
contains sufficient nitrates to make the
stalks Objectionable for fodder. This
is Obviated by cutting the stalks high
up when they are to be used for feed
ing purpOses.-G Golden Rule.
To make corn-starch cake, take two
OF e
the whites of five eggs beaten to a
froth, one cup of sweet milk, three
teaspOOnfuls of baking powder, two
cups of flour and one of corn starch;
flavor to taste Indianapolis Journal.
Put pure olive oil into a clear glass
bottle with strips of sheet lead and eX-
pose it to the sun for two or three
weeks, then pour off the clear oil, and
the result is a lubricant which will
neither gum nor corrode. 1t is used
for watches and fine machinery of all
kinds.
Every farmer who has hen house,
by purchasing a barrel of plaster can
make two or three barrels of guano
every winter by putting the sweepings
of the hen house into barrel once a
week and covering it with a sprinkle
of plaster to fix the ammonia. This
home made guano is excellent foI
squashes, cucumbers, corn, etc.-Cin
cin9gdti Times.
Home, Sweet Home
Make home hive where all beautiful feelings
Cluster like bees, and their honey-dew bring
Make it a temple of holy revealings
T,QU brighter ANGEL with Sba6O0yin o
wings.
Then shall it ever be when afar on lifes pillows
Whenever your tempest-tossed children are
flung,
They will long for the shade of the home weep
ing-willOws
And for the sweet songs which their mother
had sung,
-Erchange.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-06-03

Much has been written and said about
how to make home happy. The moral st
and the preacher have hackneyed this
theme until it would seem nothing more re-
maine1 to be said. But the philosophers
have gone far out of their way to account
for the prevalence of ill-assorted couples
the chief cause. Most of the unhappiness
Of married life can be traced directly to
those functional arrangements to which
women are subject. In nine cases out of
ten the irritable, dissatisfied and unhappy
wife is a sufferer from some "female com
plant" A trial of DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription will produce more domestic
happiness than a million sermons or philo-
sophicaI treatises. 1t cures all those pc
cullar weaknesses and ailments incident to
women. 1t is the only medicine sold by
druggists, under a positive guarantee from
the manufacturers, that it will give salts
faction in every case, or money will be re-
funded. See guarantee printed on wrapper
enclosing bottle.